Client died after ingesting Ajax in cell, lawyer says

LOS ANGELES -- The attorney for an accused Orange County, Calif., serial killer who died after deputies discovered he was ill in his cell said his client swallowed Ajax, an industrial cleaner.

LOS ANGELES -- The attorney for an accused Orange County, Calif., serial killer who died after deputies discovered he was ill in his cell said his client swallowed Ajax, an industrial cleaner.

Michael Molfetta said investigators think his client, Itzcoatl “Izzy” Ocampo, accumulated enough Ajax powder for a lethal dose that he then ingested. Deputies found Ocampo in his one-person cell about 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday, shaking and vomiting.

Ocampo, 25, was taken to a hospital, where he died in the intensive-care unit about 1:40 p.m. Thursday.

Ocampo was accused of killing six people, including four homeless men, a woman and her son. He was scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing next month. He was arrested in January 2012 after a series of slayings in northern Orange County.